Famous Museums in Istanbul

Let's explore the finest collection of museums in Istanbul:

1. Istanbul Archaeological Museum

   4.5 (7154 Votes)
   

   Art And Culture, Museum, Specialty Museum

   There are actually three museums here dedicated to Archeology, the Islamic Arts and the Ancient Orient. Built in the 19th century, the museums have gained quite an impressive collection including what could possibly the first documented love poem, the world’s first peace treaty, relics from Sidon, Babylon and Assyria, Greek and Roman statuary, pottery, a sarcophagus collection and the ma...Read more

2. Chora Church

   4.4 (2546 Votes)
   

   Church, Museum, History Museum, Landmark

   This well reserved Byzantine Church is perhaps the most beautiful of it’s kind still existing. It was built originally in the 5th century and then underwent extensive renovations in the 11th century. Its fine mozaics and frescoes were decorated in the 13th century. The mozaics tell apocryphal stories of Christian history, so research beforehand if you want to make a sense of this at...Read more

3. Istanbul Modern

   4.4 (2940 Votes)
   

   Art Museum, Museum

   Istanbul modern is the museum of the modern art and is one of the best arts available in Istanbul. This place was inaugurated in 2004. This place prominently features the Turkish artwork. This museum is located in Bosphorus in one of the converted warehouses and is located in the neighborhood of Tophane. It is of its first kind in Turkey. Also, visit the popular attractions in the city by...Read more

4. Jurassic Land

   3.8 (2751 Votes)
   

   Museum, Theme Park, Entertainment

   Jurassic Land is a dinosaur centre where you’ll feel that these extinct species have come to life. Jurassic Land gives extreme entertainment plus education for kids as well as adults alike. There are about 70 moving models of dinosaurs created in this center. It is considered as Europe’s biggest theme park. After exploring the museum then comes discovering 10,000 square meter Juras...Read more

5. Museum Of Innocence

   4.5 (1970 Votes)
   

   Art And Culture, Museum, History Museum

   Museum of Innocence has the huge collection of pictures, paintings and artistic works. Prominetly mentioned in the novel by Orhan Pamuk, visitors are usually surprised to discover that the museum is an effort of the author himself. Parents are advised to bring kids here for an excellent introduction to the history and culture of Istanbul. The museum is also open to donations from it’s ev...Read more

6. Military Museum

   4.7 (1117 Votes)
   

   Museum, Military Museum

   As the name suggests, the military museum in Istanbul is dedicated to the collection and display of the military weapons as well the history of Turkish military past. The site which is recognized as the military museum was once the center of the Ottoman Imperial Military Academy. Inside this museum, the visitors will find medals, military uniforms, flags, emblems, armored shirts, shields, pain...Read more

7. Sakip Sabanci Museum

   4.7 (1000 Votes)
   

   Art Museum, Museum

   Sakip Sabanci Museum has iconic figures and artistic beauties like paintings inside the museum. It takes you to different world where you start adoring the beauty of arts. Each art has some significance to the history, culture and traditions of Istanbul. Come and explore the art side of Istanbul. They also host exhibitions, seminars and events that highlight the concept of the museum. The show...Read more

8. Turkish And Islamic Arts Museum

   4.6 (983 Votes)
   

   Art Museum, Museum

   The Turkish & Islamic Work Museum is one of the first Turkish museums which covers the Turkish and the Islamic art work wholly. The establishment works which was initiated in the end of the 19th century has been finished and the museum is open for tourist visits in soup kitchen buildings which is located in the Suleymaniye Mosque complexes, the most important places of Mimar Sinan. Al...Read more

9. Rahmi M. Koc Museum

   4.8 (459 Votes)
   

   History Museum

   The Rahmi M. Koc museum in Istanbul is dedicated to the history and exhibition of Transport, Industry and communications. This museum is located at a beautiful location on the shore of the historic Golden Horn. Inside, you will come across items from gramophone needles to full size ships and aircraft. This museum also proves to be quite fascinating for children who love to explore the history ...Read more

10. Panorama 1453 History Museum

    4.6 (541 Votes)
    

    Museum

    Panorama 1453 History Museum is a unique museum that retells history in a distinct real time manner. Through its unique way, it tells the events written about the conquest of Constantinople in 3D. As soon as you step inside the museum, you will be taken back in a different world and time through the Byzantine era Istanbul drawings that decorate the walls and texts reflecting Istanbul of that er...Read more

11. Istanbul Toy Museum

    4.7 (69 Votes)
    

    Museum, Specialty Museum

    Children are going to love this place. The Istanbul Toy museum caters to the young ones with an exciting and beautiful collection of toys, some of which date back nearly 200 years. Their collection is huge with 4000 toys and miniatures collected from Turkey and abroad. Apart from the toys, there are antiques that are kept for display. The first floor of the museum is actually the site of the Ey...Read more

12. Pera Museum

    4.6 (89 Votes)
    

    Museum, Specialty Museum

    Pera Museum is an excellent museum that caters to the connoisseurs of art with its collection of works from Suna and Inana Kirac’s paintings that are further devoted to projecting Orientalist themes. The thematic exhibitions here offer an insight into the world of the Ottoman empire from 17th to the early 20th century. From realism to romanticism to historicism, these paintings engage wit...Read more

13. Galata Mevlevihanesi

    4.5 (90 Votes)
    

    Museum

    There is definitely one thing of Galata Mevlevi Museum that attracts the visitors the most- its whirling Dervish hall. Erected in 1491 and renovated in 1608, this place was built by an Ottoman grandee from the palace of Sultan Beyazit II. This museum is dedicated to the ordinary Turkish people who chose to follow a life of Sufism and followed the poet Rumi. It displays their clot...Read more

14. Dogancay Museum

    4.2 (43 Votes)
    

    Art Museum, Museum, Exhibition

    A visit to Dogancay museum will prove to be a combination of old and the new. Housed inside a historic 150 years old building, this museum is actually Turkey’s first modern art museum that opened in 2004 for the public. This museum exhibits the artistic collection of Burhan Dogancay, who is one of Turkey’s leading artists. Spanning over his works of five decades, this museum showcas...Read more

15. Istanbul Naval Museum

    4.6 (136 Votes)
    

    Museum, Historical Site, Exhibition , Specialty Museum

    Naval museum is one of the prominent museums in Istanbul that commemorates the Turkish Naval history in all its glory. Inside, there are 20,000 objects that deal with the history and objects of the world of Naval life. The exhibition hall inside exhibits a spectacular collection of 19th-century imperial caïques, ornately decorated wooden rowboats used by the royal household amongst other t...Read more

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